UNSPSC 50324942: Dried ruby diamond nectarines

The variety of nectarines known as ruby diamond nectarines that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50324942 Dried ruby diamond nectarines is a Commodity code that covers dried stone fruits and specialty dried produce items sourced for institutional food service operations. State and local governments soliciting under this code are primarily school districts and correctional departments procuring through their nutrition or food service divisions. Recent opportunities show school nutrition programs and institutional cafeteria operations seeking fresh and processed produce — including dried fruits — as components of broader meal-service supply contracts. Issuing bodies include county school boards (Hancock County Schools, Georgia), municipal education departments (City of Bridgeport Board of Education, Connecticut), statewide procurement divisions acting on behalf of criminal justice agencies (Texas Department of Criminal Justice), and state food-supply procurement offices (State of Georgia). The code appears to capture dried-fruit line items within larger food-commodity solicitations rather than standalone dried-fruit contracts, reflecting institutional procurement patterns where dried produce is one SKU among hundreds in annual nutrition-services awards.

Geographic activity centers on the Southeast and Texas. Recent opportunities span Georgia (Hancock County Schools IFB for fresh produce including specialty dried items, due June 26, 2026; State of Georgia food-supplies solicitation, due June 22, 2026), Connecticut (City of Bridgeport Board of Education commodities bid, due June 26, 2026), and Texas (TDCJ cafeteria food products IFB with delivery to multiple warehouse locations, due May 4, 2026, and a prior TDCJ dried-prunes bid issued April 23, 2026). The Hancock County Schools IFB and Bridgeport Board of Education commodities bid both require compliance with Buy American provisions mandating at least 51 percent domestic agricultural-commodity content in processed products. All contracts carry firm fixed pricing through the contract term, payment within 30–45 days of receipt, and delivery to designated institutional sites. School nutrition programs dominate the visible opportunity set; opportunities typically award to single or multiple vendors at the buyer's discretion based on lowest responsive and responsible bidder or best-value criteria.